St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-22

burg Review, many years ago, That he
was a rising young man, and the hope
of the Tory party. What hope he has
been to them ever since! Still ,as a mat
ter of fact, he did begin as Tory, but |
do not care how they begin; but | want
ing to be? Prophet of the ages, speak
to ME, and tell me what l shall be in
the progress of the suns"
Referring to John Bright: ''Bright'S
name will always be mentioned with
gratitude, except in the light of recent
events. Bright began as radical, but
for the present moment, only for the
present moment, he iS-he is-he iS-a
ALL don't know what. There he
is, but love his memory, and honor
his name. He is great Englishman,
and has been great statesman, bur for
the present he is under an eclipse.
1.-The latest instance of progressive
ness ON the part of Mr.. Gladstone is his
development of the question of Home
rule for Ireland. There was a day
when he did not take that view, but l
hold that he is perfectly consistent with
himself in the line of progress. In
speech, delivered at my table recently,
said he: There was a time
when l thought that home
and | resisted the demand, but the gen
eral election came. Ireland had an OPP
portunity of speaking for herself. and
she sent to parliament such number
of home rulers as left no doubt upOe my
mind that ireland as nation demanded
the right and privilege of home rule
And Gladstone responded grandly.
The parliament exists for the
country, and not the coun-
try for parliament, Mr.. Gladstone says:
Remembering the general election, and
remembering the opportunity Ireland
had for an expression of opinion, you
will find that Mr.. Gladstone is the peO-
pies legislator. The fact is that no
aristocrat can ever understand pie
beian. 1t is not in our aristocracy to I'M
ders1and the people. But Mr.. Glad
stone is
BORN OF THE PEOPLE.
''He sprung from our ranks. He has
gone right up from the base line. He
is, in common parlanee, the peoples
William 1t is impossible for Mr..
Gladstone to fawn. He cannot stOOp.
He cannot 90 into mere tawdry decOra-
ton and title making. He must live in
principles, PHILOSOPHERS and practical
politics. If he could have
law Htd MOlO ilC NOu1u idNC UCcH
more popular. When he holds
ND the banner to the nation, he says on
it DO what the Lordj thy God required
of thee. but do justice. love mercy, and
walk humbly with God The man who
talks in that exalted moral tone is sell
dom a favorite at courts, however re-
spectacle those courts may be. l have
to report to you that the
British people are coming round
to Mr.. GladStone's view of the Irish
question. Every election is telling in
Mr.. Gladstone 'S1avor. Tories who used
to command the use of certain bOroughS
are no longer able to use their influence
for their own ends. Everything in Eli
gland seems to point to Mr.. Glad
stones return TO office. Welcome the
day, because Mr.. Gladstone will
give Justice to Ireland. He
will not play the part of
a policeman. He will always play the
part of statesman. Ireland contains
some men of the most brilliant minds
and of the grandest qualities of eharac-
ter, and they will respect man who
attempts to deal with their grievances
in large and generous spirit, and they
will suspect the man who offers with
one hand what he cunningly takes away
Gladstone is honest, and by so much he
has earned their veneration and their
confidence. Will the Liberal Unionists
return to Gladstone? [ can not tell you.
j think some Of them will.
Others of them can not return. The
great questions that are coming up
in England now will Danish large pro-
portion of the ariStoeracy. Gladstone
leads the people, and in the long run in
England the people settle everything.
have apdreSsed audiences in many cit
les in America. and everywhere the au-
dienceS have been so much interested in
Gladstone as to send him message OF
congratuIatiOn, and urging him to go
forward with his work.
A CABLEGRAM.
The lecturer picked up a slip of paper
from the table, and with the remark
that "a eablegram, such as this. would
made an excellent addition to Mr.. Glad
stones breakfast, read the following
message:
'.The citizens of St Paul MINI. assembled
on the occasion of lecture delivered by me
desire to assure the Rt. Hon. W. L. Glad
stone of their cordial sympathy with his
Irish policy, and express the hope that the
British constituency VIII return to parlia-
ment only such members as are prepared TO
believe that in asking for home rule Ireland
is seeking not the destruction hut the true
consolidation of the British empire
Bishop Ireland. who with Judge Kelly
and Father Kinney, of Minneapolis, Oc-
cupied seats on the platform, seconded
the sending of the cablegram in ring
ing address of ten minutes duration.
Every person in the audience rose to
adopt the sentiment, and few gener-
Gus men donated the cost of the cable
gram, which is befoIe Mr.. Gladstone
now.